Christmas Cookies and Cute Packaging

Christmas if certainly one of my favorite times of the year to make cookies! Pretty cookies can make such special gifts, and are always welcome at holiday parties! After making pretty pastel cookies for the Vintage Pastel Christmas party, I had fun making a set with more traditional colors. For some reason I found myself making lots of Christmas trees. I guess I wasn’t really paying attention when I was cutting the dough! Oh well, it gave me a good reason to play with a few different designs.

Here are some cute mittens, snowflakes, peppermints and lots of trees!

I made most of these for a friend who wanted some special favors for a dinner table she was hosting at a church ladies event. I made sets of three cookies to be packaged together and put some extra care into packaging them in a festive way.

I’ve posted some instructions on packing cookies in this way HERE and HERE.

Basically, you need some scrapbooking paper, cellophane cookie bags, and either double sided tape or a stapler. Then some ribbon to finish it off.

For these favors I wanted to add a colored paper behind the cookies, but I was worried about the butter in the cookies making the paper look oily. My solution was to put the background paper inside another small bag and then put that inside the cookie bag. (I used bags just like THESE to put the paper in and used THESE as the outer bag).

Thats genius about putting the paper in a smaller bag. Ive always had the butter spots so I quit packaging them lol.

Gorgeous as usual Glory!

Your cookies look amazing! Can you please tell me how long these cookies last? I think I am going to give it a whirl this weekend and make these with my kids. Do you think they will last until Christmas? Thanks

Jennifer- The cookies last a full week (even longer, but after a week they dry out a bit). So if you make them this weekend they'll still be good for Christmas. Happy Baking!

clever! you make awesome cookies!

Hi Glory,WOW!! These are beautiful…Such exquisite decorated cookies. I am just at awe with all your work. You must have lots of fun working alone and with your 2 adorable precious little Princesses. Their photos are sooooo cute! Can't help but smile and adore! Very pretty names, too!Merry Christmas!!

Wow I wish I had your skills!!!!!

Paula

So fresh! Love them!!

Thanks everyone for the sweet comments!

Lerissa- I use Americolor brand "Super red". Also, the color developes over time, so if I want a real nice red, I make the icing, add some coloring, then let it sit (covered) in the fridger for a while (a few hours or overnight). This way you don't have to add quite as much food coloring (which can cause other problems).

Oh My Gosh These are ADORABLE sets!

Absolutely stunning and very inspiring! You are very creative!

Hi Glory

I love your peppermint cookies… how did you decorate them? Did you just pipe the red to look kind of swirly and then flood or did you use a toothpick to drag the lines? I love them….and was just curious!!! Would love to make some for Christmas this year:)

Glory – I’ve just discovered you blog/site – it’s fantastic. I’ve always thought how you present your gift/baked goods/etc. is just as important as the items themselves. I’m the mad wrapping elf at Christmas – lol. I really love that you offer all the info on where/how to purchase items needed to create your beautiful ideas. To me there’s nothing worse than a chef/baker who offers you the recipe and omits an ingredient or down-right refuses to share

FYI – the ruffled cake stands you show and comment about being sold for a short time at Cosco – I’ve seen them at Marshalls, T.J. Maxx & Home Goods. Hope this helps others find them

hi, think these are so cute! i’m thinking of making some for a charity christmas fair, do you know how long these would last in the packaging? (to sell them as christmas gifts) thank you!

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My name is Glory. I'm a wife, mother and also a few other things... a baker, crafter, photographer, floral designer and an obsessive party planner. I love color, design, and sweets... and really love bringing all three of those things together! A little more about me...